United States v. Steven John Alexander

GIBSON, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Steven Alexander, was convicted in a non-jury trial of violating 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a)(1) (1970) which proscribes possession of a firearm affecting interstate commerce by a convicted felon. He received a two year sentence. The sole issue on this appeal is whether the District Court erred in refusing to admit the results of an unstipulated polygraph examination offered by defendant.

On January 8, 1974, two police officers were directed to investigate a particular automobile in Rochester, Minnesota. As the officers approached the automobile, they observed…